Curtain rod and rod support



w. A. NEWELL. CURTAIN ROD AND-ROD SUPPORT.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9,1921 ,428 Patented Sept. 12, 1922-.

INVENTOR.

Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

UNITED sTAT s PATENT orrics.

WILLIAM ALLAN NEWELL, OF OGDENSBURG, NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR TO THE NEWELL MFG. CO. INC., OF OGDENSBURG, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

CURTAIN ROD AND ROD SUPPORT.

Application filed June 9,

T 0 all whom it may con cern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ALLAN NnwnLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ogdensburg. in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York, have in.-

ventcd new and useful Improvements in Curtain Rods and Rod Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to curtaln rods and rod supports, and has for its object to provide a curtain rod and support of the type commonly used for suspending lace and similar curtains from a window casing, of such construction that the curtain rod will be effectively braced for the support of curtains of considerable weight, and effectively locked against accidental displacement, although so assembled relative to the brackets that it can be readily positioned thereon or removed therefrom by proper manipulation.

As a result of this improvement, these supporting rods and the brackets may be made of relatively light stock. and yet sustain considerable strains without distortion or breaking, and, structprally, the parts may be fashioned in an extremely simple mahner so that the cost of production is very considerably reduced.

The result aimed at is accomplished by providing a bracket with a rod holding hook. and a hook-engaging rod, so proportioned that when the rod is in place on this hook, it will hear at its end against the bracket plate and provide a supporting leverage which will effectively sustain the weight imposed upon the rod. Furthermore, the proportions and relatlon of the parts is such that the rod may not be removed from the hook except by a straight lift directly in line therewith, so that tilting ofthe rod and accidental displacement, when it is in place on 1ts bracket, is eliminated.

In order that the development may be clear to those skilled in the art, there is shown in the accompanying drawings one embodiment of the invention, but it will be understood that this, as well as the disclosure hereinafter, are simply illustrative of the invention and in no sense restrictive, and such mechanical variations as involve merely the substitution of equivalent expe- 1921. Serial No. 476,283.

dients, are to be regarded as within the range of the invention.

In said drawings Fig. l is a front elevation of a bracket with the rod in place thereon.

Fig. 2 is a detail view in front elevae tion of a bracket with a rod thereon, the rod. being in section.

Fig. 3 is a view in end elevation to Fig. 1, showing the action of the parts when the rod is tilted, as distinguished from a straight lift of the rod. v

Fig. 4 is a view in'plan, showing the action of the rod when tilted in another di rcction as distinguished from a straight lift.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, like numbers indicating like parts in the several views, 10 denotes a bracket, which may be of any suitable design and type, from which bracket projects a substantially L-shaped rod supporting hook 11, which may be formed integral therewith or separatcly therefrom, as may be desired. The said hook 11 is characterized by having a horizontal limb and a vertical limb, as shown,.the vertical limb of the hook ll being preferably disposed in a plane parallel with the face of the base plate 12 of the bracket.

The plate and hook constructed as de scribed forms the bracket element of the fixture designed to receive and support the curtain rod.

The rod 13 may be of any suitable construction, although it is usually formed of thin metal tubing, and, as here shown, is of the curved end type. which. type of ourtain rod is intended primarily for lace curtains or similar hangings which are draped away from the window and outside of the shades, this curved end form of rod lending itself to this manner of hanging curtains, as its main body portion stands out away from the window casing and shade. The ends of the rod 13 are perforated to pro-, vide holes for mounting the rod on the vertical limb of the hook 11. The perIorations in the rod 13 are spaced from the ends a distance substantially equal to the distance between the vertical member or limb of the hook 11 and the face of the base plate 12 of the bracket, so that when the rod is in position, the end of the rod will engage frictionallv the base plate so as to ,hold the curtain rod snugly in place on the hook. Y

It will be observed that the relatively long vertical limb of the hook 11,-which extends a considerable distance above the rod 12, will effectually prevent any escape of the rod from the hook, except the rod be given a direct vertical lift. Any tilting motion of the rod 13 immediately causes the end of the rod between the hook and the base plate to bind against that base plate and exert a leverage on the hook, locking the rod firmly in place and preventing its removal. This will be true in event of a lift upwardly or downwardly in the direction of thearrows, Figure 3, and it wouldalso be true in event of any movement in. the direction of the arrows, Figure 4:. In fact this frictional engagement and binding of the parts against removal, except by a straight lift, will take place no matter where the tilting action on the rod occurs or in whatever direction such rod may be tilted.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the rod and its supporting bracket are so proportioned and assembled as that, while the parts may be readily brought together or separated by a straight vertical lift, they cannot he accidentally thrown out of place by any tilting action. Furthermore, by maintaining the parts in the frictional engagement which will result from the construction disclosed, they are firmly held, and a substantially'rigid relation is secured, so that there will be no chattering or rattling of the rod relative to the brackets.

Preferably, the rod 12 will be provided at its contact-end. where it engages the base plate of the bracket, 'with finishing rings 14 which will give a smooth frictional engagement with the bracket face and, since the application of the finishing ring or ferrule '14 increases the diameter'of the free end of the bracket to some extent, will give an increased leverage against tilting. The rod 13 may be a single piece, but will generally be of two telescoping sections in order that the fixture may be applied to Windows of different widths, and the brackets may be differently spaced. v

From the foregoing, fixture is provided which may be very economically produced; which may be very quickly assembled and disassembled; and which will be maintained, when assembled,

in fixed and rigid position and securely locked against accidental displacement by tilting, the parts being so disposed that only by direct vertical be disassembled.

I claimi 1.. A curtain fixture comprising a bracket having a fiat base presenting a face lying in a single plane, a substantially L-shaped lift can the rod and bracket hook mounted in said base and having a straight limb disposed parallel to said face, a rod having an end lying in a single plane, a perforationin said rod adapted to snugly receive saidstraight limb, and spaced from it will be seenthat a the end of said rod a distance equalling the distance of the straight limb from said face. 2. curtain fixture comprising a bracket having a fiat base presenting a face lying in a single plane, a substantially L-shaped hook mounted in said base and having a straight limb disposed parallel to said face, a rod having a perforation therein adapted to snugly receive said straight limb, and spaced from the end of the rod so as to permit removal of the rod from the hook'only when a straight lift is applied thereto. f

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. v i

lVILLIA'M ALLAN NEVVE LL'. 

